EAVESDROPPED (ON) Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

eavesdropped (on)

verb

past tense of eavesdrop (on)

as in listened in (on)

to listen to (another in private conversation) a nosy traveler who likes to eavesdrop on his fellow airline passengers

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This discipline focuses on how models and agents are orchestrated, contextualized, governed, monitored and managed throughout their lifecycle.

— Lakshmanan Alagappan, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
In a letter that year to Moore, the agency’s secretary, EPA Region 1 administrator David Cash noted that the EPA had monitored the situation in Vermont for well over a decade.

— Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026

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In recent months, our team has heard remarkably consistent requests from enterprises preparing to put voice AI agents on their customer-facing numbers.

— Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
According to The Times, the court heard that Bayles and another member of Brand’s entourage, Gareth Roy, said the comedian would only continue working if the complainant gave him a massage.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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The server overheard some of their conversation and told them Southern Belle’s was for sale.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
One of the most powerful conceits in the book occurs when the two leave an airport venue and readers get the perspective of a person who served or overheard them.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of overheard

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At a press conference yesterday NASA presented its preliminary findings, which touch on everything from the moon’s surprisingly colorful craters to a series of curious flashes that the astronauts spied in lunar shadows.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
The tourists, having sent home seven players and their coaching staff mid-series, made four changes but really only spied solace in the performance of Razaullah Khan, one of three debutants.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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